Ice Island.
"Hail?"
Hisoka murmured to himself as he raised his head up to the sky.
Seeing the large balls of hail falling down on the ground, he quickly ran for shelter.
Gradually, the whole island was turned into a frozen wasteland under Articuno's power. The temperature of the surrounding area plummeted down akin to an icy hell. Salamence and Altaria were having hard a hard time coping with this situation. Their Dragon-type energy in their body was greatly weakened under the freezing cold.
Amid the violent snowstorm, Articuno in the sky gradually became transparent. After it dodged Altaria's Dragon Breath, it suddenly disappeared into thin air.
"Why did it suddenly disappear?"
Inside a small cave, Hisoka was looking confused. Earlier, he had just found this cave to hide from the snowstorm. Just as he was about to record the Articuno again, he was surprised to see Articuno disappearing in a mysterious way.
"This should be its ability."
He recalled that Articuno had two kinds of abilities, Pressure and Snow Cloak. The one it had must be Snow Cloak. It seemed the ability allowed it to camouflage itself during a snowstorm.
"So you finally show yourself, huh?"
While he was thinking, he suddenly noticed a figure slowly falling down from the sky using a parachute. He gritted his teeth in anger when he realized it was Sigana.
Beep!
But just as he was about to head toward her, he received a call from someone.
"Huh? Who's the one calling me at this time? Is it Doran?"
He was hesitant to answer it. He wanted to take revenge on Sigana for chasing him earlier but feared that he might miss something important.
After thinking for a while, Hisoka still pressed the answer button. As for Sigana, he would let her go for a while.
After the call was connected, Will appeared on the screen of the phone.
"Will? Why did you call me? Is there something important you want to talk about?"
Will was still dressed in the same flashy clothing. Only this time, he appeared to be slightly out of breath. His calm bearing was gone, replaced with a panic look on his face.
He seemed to be hiding behind something as he looked at the screen.
"Something is going on Lightning Island. Can you come here? I'm afraid I can't handle this by myself."
Will finished in a whisper.
"What is happening over there?"
He asked with a curious tone.
"Did Team Aqua attack you?"
Will nodded.
"Most of the people on Lightning Island were ambushed by Team Aqua. Everyone was caught. I'm the only one who escaped. They are roaming all over the island, but I'm safe for now."
"So what are they doing on Lightning Island?"
He asked seriously.
Will sighed and said.
"See for yourself!"
After saying that, he turned the phone toward the other side.
On the screen, it was showing what was happening on Lightning Island at this moment. The sky was shrouded in dark clouds. Bolts of lightning flashed from time to time. It was a truly terrifying scene.
As the camera continued to zoom in, he saw two huge bird Pokemon fighting in the sky.
One of them had golden yellow feathers with lightning flickering around its body. It was Zapdos, one of the three legendary birds.
As for the other Pokemon that was covered in flames, it was also one of the three legendary birds, Moltres.
"Is that Zapdos and Moltres? Why did they fight?"
He said in confusion.
"As far as I know, they never fought against each other. That's weird."
At this time, Will suddenly remembered what he had seen earlier.
"I think Team Aqua did it. Before I ran away, I think I saw someone release Moltres from a Pokeball."
He was shocked at Will's reply.
"So you're saying that Moltres was captured by Team Aqua?"
Will nodded.
"I'm pretty sure. That Moltres is definitely sent out by them. I already told Doran about this. He said that he would be here soon. Are you coming?"
Will finished with a hopeful stare.
In fact, he really didn't want to enter this mess. However, as a gym leader, he was obligated to help rescue the people caught by Team Aqua.
Moreover, he was sure that Will had something to do with the League. If the League caught wind of him fleeing, his gym leader status would be gone for sure.
"I will be there in a few minutes."
Toot!
"Sigh! Looks like I have to head to Lightning Island."
He sighed after he ended the phone call. Taking a deep breath, he walked out of the cave, grabbed Gardevoir's Pokeball, and threw it on the ground. After Gardevoir appeared, he told her to teleport them away from this place.
A few seconds later, they appeared on the beach. He quickly found his boat and pushed it to the sea while taking out Milotic's from her Pokeball.
"Let's go, Milotic!"
As soon as the boat entered the water, he and Gardevoir jumped into the boat and began to paddle to Lightning Island. Meanwhile, Milotic swam to the front of the boat and pulled it forward.
***
Lightning Island.
In the sky, the battle between the two legendary birds was still going on.
Although the battle was in a stalemate, everyone could see that Zapdos wasn't even trying to attack Moltres. All this time, Zapdos had been only avoiding Moltres's attack.
Zapdos let out a cry. It was trying to communicate with Moltres, but unfortunately, it could not get any response. Moltres just continued its frenzied attack without a care in the world.
Suddenly, the dark clouds in the sky were shrinking at a fast speed. A large airship could be seen hovering above the clouds.
Shriek!
Zapdos noticed what the airship was doing. As the thunderclouds became smaller, its Electric-type energy also became much weaker. While he was rushing toward the airship to destroy it, he was blocked by Moltres.
On a cliff, Matt stood there with his arm crossed. He was watching the battle that was happening between the two legendary birds. His cold gaze was calm and steady.
"Captain Matt, we have locked all the people we caught in a cage. Unfortunately, some people had escaped. What should we do with them?"
A Team Aqua member came up to him to report.
Matt nodded.
"I see. You lead four teams to search the whole island. Make sure they are all caught. I don't want any trouble after we start our plan. Do you understand?"
"Yes, sir!"
"Go."
He dismissed the man with a wave of his hand.
After the man left, he returned his attention to the two Pokemon in the sky. At this time, he was only waiting for the thunderclouds above Lightning Island to disappear. After that, they could start their plan to capture Zapdos. He will definitely catch Zapdos this time.